Cast & Crew
R
Robin Laing
Producer
J
Jonathan Crayford
Music
R
Robert Gillies
Production Design
M
Matt Murphy
Art Direction
Movie Details
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Preston-Laing Productions, New Zealand Film Commission
Ruby and Rata
Movie"An old lady, a would-be rock singer, and a delinquent child... with more in common than they realise."
Audience Score
Ruby, an 83 year old trying to dodge a retirement home, rents a room to Rata, a solo mum with sidelines in music and benefit fraud. Rata's son is into arson and shoplifting, while Ruby's nephew is a hapless yuppie wannabe. Marginalised by the deregulated economy of the '80s and living on their wits, they may just find common cause despite themselves.
